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The Election Commission (EC) has said that voters must take their voter ID card or Nepali citizenship certificate with them to the polling center to vote in the House of Representatives elections on March 5.

The Commission stated that a national identity card, passport, land ownership certificate, or driving licence will also be valid for voting.

Voters whose names are listed in the final voter list published by the Commission and who have turned 18 years of age by the 4th of this month will be allowed to cast their vote at the designated polling center, the Election Commission said.

All the voting centers in Kaski district received the election materials by Monday. 

The Province Election Office in Kaski shared that the election materials including ballot papers were supplied to all 365 voting centers for the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives (HoR).

The Gandaki Province Election Officer, Narayan Dhakal, said that the voting officers and assistant voting officers received the election materials. 

"Entire preparations for polls are over and only voting is left. The voting officers and assistant voting officers reached the voting centres by collecting election materials including ballot papers," Dhakal added.   

Voting Officer of Chandra Jyoti Voting Centre in Pokhara Metropolitan City-32, Gunaraj Adhikari, shared that his team reached the voting centre on Monday evening with all election materials. He viewed that the officials deployed for the polls are highly excited with high morale. 

"We will organize an all-party meeting, issue election related notices and other tasks on Tuesday and Wednesday," Adhikari said. 

In Kaski, a total of 153 voting stations and 363 voting centres and two temporary voting centers have been fixed. 

Likewise, altogether 2,190 officials have been deployed for the election in Kaski district.

The Kaski Prison House and the Office of the District Coordination Committee have been set up as temporary voting centers. 

The temporary voters are the civil employees, prisoners and inmates, and the security personnel. 

They are planning to cast votes under the proportional representation system for the March 5 House of Representatives (HoR) elections from the temporary voting centers.

The District Administration Office, Parsa, has decided to close all border points along the Nepal-India border line for 72 hours, considering the upcoming House of Representatives (HoR) elections.

Assistant Chief District Officer Binod Kumar Pokhrel stated that all border points connected to India have been closed from Monday midnight to Thursday midnight.

A decision has been made to close the international border points in Parsa, Pokhrel said.  

There is a practice that both countries close their borders for 72 hours during their elections, according to Pokhrel. This decision was taken in view of security sensitivities during the elections, it is said.  

Meanwhile, Assistant Chief District Officer Pokhrel has urged one and all to make the Holi festival which is being marked today harmonious and election–friendly. 

Hooliganisms, forcefully smearing colors on others, destabilizing social harmony by liquor intake and other untoward activities in the public space during the Holi festival are strictly prohibited, he said.

The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Election Code of Conducts Monitoring Officers to effectively implement the code of conduct until the voting centres are closed from today. 

The House of Representatives (HoR) election is scheduled to take place on March 5.

The EC has assigned the Assistant Chief District Officer and Chief of the District Treasury Office as the election code of conduct monitoring officers with specific responsibility. 

The EC has directed the concerned officials to effectively implement the code of conduct as per the provisions stated in the Election Code of Conducts, 2082 BS.

As per the election code of conduct, the political parties and candidates have been barred from being engaged in election publicity campaigns since last midnight. 

With the beginning of the silence period for the March 5 election to the House of Representatives, the election publicity is banned.

The silence period provides time for the voters to decide their voting for the favourable candidates. 

The election publicity and silence period are also effective on social networking sites.